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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > French > (36) D.1129 - Church Boche blew up at Boisieux-au-Mon |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547522 |
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| Description | This photograph shows a pile of rubble with part of a shattered roof and a section of decorated stonework. Only the caption identifies this as the ruins of the church at Boisleux-au-Mont. This is part of the deliberate destruction of villages by the German army in 1917 as they withdrew to the Hindenburg line. After the Allies took over, the French began to assess the damage and to try to provide shelter and basic needs for those of the civilian population who remained. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. The church Boche blew up at Boislieux-au-Mont.'] |
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| Description | Photographs from the Haig "Official Photographs" series with French Press Stamps or of France and the French. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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